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Originally Posted by erion
It's appalling to me how short a memory the Republican party has.
I seem to recall that they filibustered or otherwise blocked 16 of President Clinton's Judicial appointees when he was in office. Now that they can't get their way, they want to change the rules. Spoiled Rich kids at their best.
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Originally Posted by Elphaba
Frist issued a statement that was reported in our local press:
"Republicans believe in the regular order of fair up and down votes and letting the Senate decide yes or no on judicial comfirmations free from procedural gimmicks like the filibuster and I hope Senator Reid and others know our door is always open to reasonable proposals for fair up or down votes for judicial nominees."
He refers to the filibuster as a "gimmick?" Both parties have used that gimmick for over one hundred years.
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FYI as far as I know the filibuster has only been used ONCE to stop one judicial nominee.. ever. And both Republicans and Democrats teamed up for that filibuster because the nominee was corrupt and had an investigation pending wich eventaully lead to indictment. Wasnt a partisan thing at all. Whether you agree with it or not, what the dems are doing now is unprecedented.
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Last edited by sprocket; 05-17-2005 at 12:02 PM..
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